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Australia is one of the few countries in the world that remains free of rabies.We have strict biosecurity import conditions to keep Australia rabies free. Rabies is a serious viral disease that affects many animals. It can infect humans and more than 60,000 people die of rabies every year.Check if…
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Brown marmorated stink bug. Ken Walker, PaDIL.
Yellow-spotted stink bug
Stink bugsExotic to AustraliaFeatures: These stink bugs hitchhike to new areas on or in imported goods or within packing spaces and if established would eat crops and ornamental plants; become a nuisance in…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 9 November 2022, a high-pressure system in the south-east brought relatively dry conditions to much of Australia, with rainfall totals of less than 10 millimetres observed in most regions. Weekly rainfall…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
For the week ending 22 September 2022, troughs, low-pressure and frontal systems brought showers and scattered storms to large areas of eastern and southern Australia. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres were…
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Most Australian water markets are highly localised, involving trade between users within a single river catchment. A key exception is the southern Murray-Darling Basin where the high degree of hydrological connectivity allows water to be traded between river systems and across state boundaries…
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Authors: Dale Ashton and Jay Gomboso
The Murray–Darling Basin accounts for around 80 per cent of Australia’s total irrigated grape production (MDBA 2016). More than 60 per cent of Australia’s total grapevine area is in the Basin, and grapes contributed an estimated 11 …
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Rohan Nelson, Matthew Miller and Andrew Cameron
A new approach is needed
A challenge for ABARES medium-term forecasts of agricultural markets is that no reliable seasonal climate forecasts exist beyond the current growing season in southern Australia. To date, ABARES has addressed this…
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The following is provided as published in the Australian Veterinary Journal, Volume 95, Number 5, May 2017. The information in…
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Phase 1 - Statistical infrastructure
Authors: Will Chancellor, Shiji Zhao, Lucy Randall, Kenton Lawson and Khanh Hoang
Map: Price per hectare (maximum) by parcel in clean dataset 1975-2018 (as hexbins)
Source: ABARES
Introduction
Farmland is an important asset for Australian farmers,…
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How do I know if a species has already been assessed?
Species which have been assessed for importation into Australia are listed as either permitted or not permitted entry on the department's Biosecurity import conditions (BICON) system.
Importers should check BICON prior to…
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